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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If 'females' wasn't used by online sexists to treat women as objects would it sound that way?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe! I don't know if "gendered violence against men" also has the same connotations.

Maybe this is indeed is a case of those people poisoning the term.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

"Don't forget about gendered violence against boys!" would be a likely response to a statement about men.

It is absolutely a case of a term being poisoned, which does mean it needs to be treated more carefully but sucks when there isn't an alternative.